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El Diamante de almas – Inmortal room

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The Diamond of souls. The famous carver Alon FĂŒrst, a disciple of the great master Gabriel Tolkowsky, arrives in our country in an unprecedented exhibition. He is known for creating the best diamonds in the world. No carver has ever managed to match the purity and brightness of his works. Enjoy the unique diamonds and jewels of this unique artist. Can you discover his great secret?

el diamante de almas
El Diamante de Almas Inmortal

First of all, let me say that I can’t really see what people like so much about this room. #37 on TERPECA 2019. I was hyped by the reviews and even more because they claim to be enthusiasts who build a room. I discussed it with other people who played it and it seems the GM can make it or break it. Ours was someone who admitted to being quite new. It was fine, but it felt staged and perhaps it will get better after a few more games. I started handcuffed and he made them so tight I was about to ask for an emergency stop – it hurt.

You start in a beautiful jewelry exposition full of some riddles that are on the easier side, which is great! Other rooms should learn from this. Easy riddles at the beginning to get everyone kickstarted and motivated. The middle part unfortunately I can’t discuss without giving away too much. But overall highlight how important good communication and cooperation will be in this room. An ending that is full of energy, with a bit of a rush feeling that makes you leave on a high yelling “yeah we did it!”

El Diamante de Almas Inmortal

As a fun note, there’s a highlight of the game, the apex of what makes the game special, and the GM told us about a couple of fun very contrasting stories: First, a girl was so nervous she peed herself; and the other story is that a girl was into some sort of kink and enjoyed one of the parts… way too much.

On top of adding their custom border on the photo, they will write a customized text full of emojis and post it on their facebook page. See ours for example. The downside, they must have a long queue because it took them more than a month to post ours.

  • Website: https://www.inmortalroom.com/
  • Duration: 80min
  • Escape time: 78/80 min.
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Players: 2-6
  • Price: 60-108 Euros
  • Location: Carrer Can Castells, 43, Montcada i Reixac
  • Rating: 7.5/10

Read about the other 15 rooms we played on this Barcelona trip on “BARCELONA ESCAPE TRIP – DECEMBER 2019“. (published in the next few days)

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Alien: The Origin – escape Barcelona

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Be part of the crew of the USCSS Escape and travels to the planet Thedus.

alien the origin escape barcelona
Alien the origin escape barcelona

I did not have a lot of fun here. The intro felt rushed, I wasn’t barely allowed any time to use the toilet and then, we were split in two groups: engineers and security. I liked the opening riddle, and loved the transitions, the way you are physically split is outstanding.

Great decoration, but I can’t understand how it made it to #18 terpeca in 2018. I played security, so my review is from that point of view. Why? Because for 90% of the game we were separated. We had some choices, and that was very cool! Based on your choices, you will get one of over 10 (I think) possible endings.

An overuse of arithmetic, and a specific pointless games that – either we were very bad at – or it was just meant to kept you busy while the other half played games. We spent at least 5 minutes waiting for the other half of the team to complete their part with us being unable to do anything. Check the time below, we played 54 out of 90 min and it was mostly adventurous – we couldn’t be fast or slow. I really feel like we missed a big part of the game.

I asked people who played this game during their golden time and they confirmed there was some acting that involved a thousands-of-euros costume that, after it broke, it was removed. The ending was made to be epic and interesting but our GM and the games that felt more like tasks than riddles made it feel not-so-good. As much as I disliked this game, I’d encourage you to check other reviews because I’m clearly in the minority here.

Pros: great decoration, solid construction.

Cons: we literally had three riddles, and some entertainments/games. Never saw the other two players for most of the game. The underwhelming games at the end of the session.

  • Website: https://www.escapebarcelona.com/
  • Duration: 90min
  • Escape time: 54/90 min.
  • Difficulty: Very low
  • Players: 4-10
  • Price: 85-120 Euros
  • Location: Calle BarĂł 17 local SANTA COLOMA
  • Rating: 6.5/10

Read about the other 15 rooms we played on this Barcelona trip on “BARCELONA ESCAPE TRIP – DECEMBER 2019“. (published in the next few days)

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Aunt Hilda’s room – Trip Trap Escape

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Turns out you didn’t book an escape room, you booked a stay in the room where the very Aunt Hilda used to stay. This escape room begins with a warm welcome in the Grand Trip Trap Hotel by a polite doorman, that tells you a story very similar to the following blurb.

Nobody knows Aunt Hilda’s real name. Everyone at the Grand Trip Trap Hotel has always called her so. And it is “Aunt Hilda”, that she wrote on the register in 1837. First resident of the Grand Trip Trap Hotel, it is there that she has imagined her most beautiful tales, turning her room into a wonderful world inhabited with marvelous characters.

Lay back and relax, because the intro takes a while and you are about to experience one of those wow moments you won’t easily forget.

Legends say that Aunt Hilda always told a new story to the ones willing to listen. As the blurb suggests, if you pay attention you will be brought into her world. You’ll get as immersed as you did when you vividly lived a story as kid when listening to adult storytellers. You are brought into a new world, with a stellar production and objects that belong in the era. No non-sense “walkie-talkies” nor unnecessary magnets.

Diegesis in its pure form, beautiful riddles at a comfortable pace will have you do tasks that not only fit the theme well, but with a slight suspension of disbelief from your side, you will undoubtedly feel like a character from the story.

The worst part? It ends. Had I had known we were so close to the end, we would have stalled, observed the set for minutes and waited until the very last moment. They don’t do the best job at advertising it, there’s no photo-finish, an odd name and no preview picture yet it seems to always be fully booked.

I was fortunate enough to be able to play 128 rooms in 2019 and, without a doubt, Aunt Hilda was my favorite room of the year. The craziest part? I played it on the 28th of December, barely making it into 2019. Recency bias? Perhaps. This room is a masterpiece. Congratulations to Trip Trap for making it to the top 31 TERPECA.

  • Aunt Hilda’s
  • Website: Grand Trip Trap Hotel
  • Duration: 90m
  • Escape time: 65min
  • Players: 3-8
  • Languages: English, French.
  • Rating: 10/10